Abstract

Women's Words is the first collection of writings devoted exclusively to exploring the theoretical, methodological, and practical problems that arise when women utilize oral history as a tool of feminist scholarship. In thirteen multi-disciplin ary esays, the book takes stock of the implicit presuppositions , contradictions, and prospects of oral history at the hands of feminist scholars.

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PresuppositionOral historyScholarshipSociologyGender studiesHistoryEpistemologyAestheticsAnthropologyArtPhilosophyPolitical scienceLaw

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Year
1994
Type
article
Volume
107
Issue
424
Pages
332-332
Citations
682
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Rebecca Maksel, Sherna Berger Gluck, Daphne Patai (1994). Women's Words: The Feminist Practice of Oral History. Journal of American Folklore , 107 (424) , 332-332. https://doi.org/10.2307/541221

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